This second Yakedake design treats the same Northern Alps stratovolcano from a different vantage or season, a working method common among printmakers who returned to a single subject across multiple compositions. Maeda's practice of cutting and printing his own blocks — the defining commitment of the sōsaku-hanga (creative print) movement — allowed him to produce small editions and to reissue subjects with revised palette or registration. Compared to the atmospheric, publisher-driven [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) mountain prints of Yoshida Hiroshi or Kawase Hasui, Maeda's Yakedake compositions emphasize the structural geometry of the volcano: clean ridge lines, flat color planes, and visible kentō registration that sometimes deliberately offsets one block against another. The subject sits within his sustained interest in named peaks across the archipelago, from Hokkaidô's Tarumae to the Hida volcanoes and ridge-form mountains like Togakushi and Tsubakuro in the Chūbu interior.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mt.Yakedake was created by Maeda Masao (前田政雄).
Mt.Yakedake depicts mountains.
